- #1 Kashtah
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dannana Gaming
Windows
Trapped in a deserted Saudi village, you must explore, investigate, and survive as you uncover the dark history buried beneath the sands. You will find clues, solve puzzles and escape from enemies until you find an escape path. Your only way out is through the nightmare.
Why similar: Open World 15.8%, Action 15.7%, Horror 14.3%, Adventure 12.9%, Supernatural 12.1%
- #2 Darklands:Awakening
96% matchNegative15% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Limitcore.studio
Windows
You will control the protagonist to come to a mysterious prison and reveal the horrible secrets unknown here!
Why similar: Horror 19.7%, Adventure 17.6%, Puzzle 13.3%, Stealth 12.9%, First-Person 9.5%
- #3 Desdemona
96% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Batuhan Guner
Windows
Gather your courage and face the ghost danger.Clean the curses and hunt the ghost!
Why similar: Thriller 18.7%, Horror 17.2%, Supernatural 15%, Puzzle 10.2%, Action 9.9%
- #4 SCP: Destruction Protocol
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Kage Protocol
Windows
In SCP: Destruction Protocol, you are a rebel aiming to destroy an underground complex and end horrific experiments. After your team perishes, you’re left alone to navigate three dangerous zones, evade nearly invulnerable SCPs, and activate the Destruction Protocol.
Why similar: Horror 21%, Thriller 17.8%, Action 16%, First-Person 12.8%, Adventure 11.8%
- #5 河神:沉溺之流
94% matchMixed43% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Screations
Windows
踏上《河神:沉溺之流》的旅程,在那里一个古老的村庄与深入其骨髓的诅咒斗争。揭开一个邪恶祭司的秘密,他的黑暗仪式将村庄与生死界限之外的领域连接在一起。
Why similar: Action 19.6%, Adventure 16%, Puzzle 13.1%, Horror 12%, Supernatural 10.8%
- #6 Uncanny Stories
94% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Batuhan Ertan
Windows
Solve mysteries and witness terrifying things. How will your story end in this FPS horror game?
Why similar: Horror 21.4%, Thriller 21.1%, Open World 16.6%, Adventure 11.7%, FPS 8%
- #7 The Lodge
93% matchMostly Negative38% of 71 reviews2021
Dev: Mad Mountain StudiosPub: Cogswell University
Windows
A first-person, psychological horror game, The Lodge takes players on a journey into the horrors of a twisted mind.
Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Action 21.5%, Adventure 17.4%, Gore 10%, First-Person 9.6%
- #8 Mists of Aiden
92% matchVery Positive91% of 1,140 reviews2020
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Why similar: Horror 25.2%, Violent 12.7%, Adventure 10.2%, Supernatural 9.8%, Action 9.2%
- #9 Shadows Peak
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 342 reviews2017
Dev: Gua
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Shadows Peak is an atmospheric, open-world horror game focused on exploration that doesn't hold your hand. You play as a writer who has decided to visit a mysterious place called Shadows Peak to gather materials for a new book about legends.
Why similar: Supernatural 15.8%, Horror 15.7%, Open World 13.7%, Mystery 9.7%, Action 8.3%
- #10 To Last
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sezer AkkayaPub: EclipSA Interactive
Windows
One evening, after leaving work, a young woman goes missing and wakes up in a basement cell. A dark voice from a speaker says: “If you want to escape, you must solve the puzzles.” But this isn’t a rescue — it’s a game. And no one has ever won.
Why similar: Thriller 23.3%, Action 22.2%, Horror 18.9%, First-Person 12.1%, Gore 10.3%
- #11 Lightout 2
90% matchMixed54% of 37 reviews2022
Dev: T.H.L GamesPub: T.H.L Games
Windows
Lightout 2 is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an Abandoned hospital.
Why similar: Thriller 16.9%, Horror 16.7%, Puzzle 10.4%, Stealth 8.6%, Psychological 8.5%
- #12 Lightout
89% matchMostly Negative37% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: T.H.L Games
Windows
Lightout is a first-person psychological horror game with puzzles, Which takes place in an abandoned apartment.
Why similar: Horror 15.8%, Thriller 15.4%, Psychological 10%, Puzzle 9.6%, Stealth 9.3%
- #13 RECursion
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Vessel StudiosPub: Black Vessels
Windows
RECursion is a horror puzzle game inspired by liminal spaces and the backrooms lore. Can you survive the eerie environments? is there something in the shadows? Its up to you to escape.
Why similar: Supernatural 18.7%, Horror 16.5%, Psychological 14.4%, Puzzle 13.3%, Adventure 11.2%
- #14 Last victim. House of Fear
88% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Rem_card
Windows
This is an indie horror game in which you have to face your fear and escape from house by solving puzzles and escaping from a ghost. Find out the story of a serial killer...
Why similar: Adventure 16.8%, Supernatural 16.5%, Puzzle 13.6%, Horror 12.1%, Thriller 10.2%
- #15 HUDDAM 2 BERZAH
87% matchMixed68% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: ERDEM BAYPub: NERONTECH GAMES
Windows
HÜDDAM 2 BERZAH It is a type of psychological horror blended with Turkish culture.single playercrosswordfearIt is a game in FPS style.You must progress and as the chapter passes, you will find yourself in new places and events..
Why similar: Horror 22.1%, Action 20%, Supernatural 16.7%, Adventure 15.5%, Mystery 10.3%
- #16 KunKunPrison
86% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: EMSRoy
Windows
This is a fictional story. In the game, you need to gather clues and uncover the secrets of this prison and leave safely. All content in the game is unrelated to reality, and any similarity is purely coincidental.
Why similar: Action 21.8%, Horror 18.1%, Thriller 15.6%, Puzzle 15.3%, First-Person 10.8%
- #17 Dark Virus
86% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Blue Tiger Games
Windows
Infiltrate a locked house as Daniel to secure a deadly virus. In this first-person stealth horror, you have no weapons, your only hope is to hide, solve environmental puzzles, and find keys to reach the basement lab before you are caught. Can you survive the tension?
Why similar: Horror 24.6%, Thriller 23.8%, Adventure 15.1%, Puzzle 10.6%, Stealth 10%
- #18 Inferis: Dead Below
84% matchVery Positive86% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Hemoria Studio
Windows
You're a journalist searching for answers... but beneath the surface lies only terror. The labyrinth you’ve entered to find the missing may never let you leave.
Why similar: Horror 16.8%, Supernatural 15.3%, Gore 14%, Thriller 12.2%, Psychological 11.4%
- #19 Lights out, run
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Agame Studio
Windows
Relive the childhood fear of running through the dark. The lights keep you safe… for now.
Why similar: Horror 14.5%, Psychological 12.3%, Stealth 12.3%, Action 10.3%, Gore 9.2%
- #20 CULT OF FLIES
84% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Alexander Wiseman
Windows · Mac
After the death of your grandmother, strange events occur and unravel the secret of her suicide.
Why similar: Horror 15%, Supernatural 15%, Thriller 14.4%, Psychological 11.4%, Puzzle 11.3%
- #21 Absentia
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BloodHoundsProductions
Windows
Absentia is a first-person psychological survival horror game. As Ethan Blake gets captured in the 1940s he finds himself waking in a cell from an abandoned castle. Ethan recognizes the town however he appears to be the only living person in there. Use Stealth and Intelligence to survive.
Why similar: Action 20.6%, Adventure 16.8%, Horror 14.7%, Puzzle 13.6%, Psychological 12.4%
- #22 Suite 776
82% matchVery Positive90% of 746 reviews2019
Dev: Stanislaw TruchowskiPub: TurnVex
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
A pure terror with a twisted backstory; jumping straight into the horrors surrounding Suite 776.
Why similar: Horror 23.1%, Action 18.3%, Adventure 16.6%, Thriller 15.8%, Gore 13.7%
- #23 Myst of Guatemala
81% matchMixed64% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: CraneyPub: Yahaha Studios
Windows
Experience this first-person horror game in a tiny Guatemalan home. As a journalist, you investigate a mysterious villa after your long-lost friend Eddie calls. Grim halls, monsters, and rusty mailbox blood await. The four chapters include spooky stories, jump scares, and difficult riddles.
Why similar: Horror 18.6%, Adventure 17.3%, Thriller 14.6%, Puzzle 13.8%, First-Person 9.3%
- #24 Death Front
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ascended Studio
Windows
Death Front is a first-person shooter with supernatural elements. Team up in parties of four to uncover the mystery behind a series of gruesome murders while being haunted by ghosts. Do you have what it takes to face these sinister forces?
Why similar: Horror 16.1%, Thriller 14%, Supernatural 13.3%, Psychological 10.5%, Action 8.3%
- #25 Wendigo
80% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Noah Artime
Windows
A stealth horror game in the woods, investigate and progress while drawing as little attention to yourself as possible.
Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Supernatural 16.6%, Stealth 15.9%, Mystery 10.8%, First-Person 8.3%
- #26 HOLE: Bottomless
79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Arashida Games
Windows
"The universe looks at you." A short liminal and cosmic horror game about escaping from a bizarre subway station.
Why similar: Horror 31%, Supernatural 28.3%, Adventure 19.4%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Action 8.8%
- #27 Hacksaw Massacre
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Catacomb Games
Windows
Hacksaw Massacre brings you to the house of the corrupt mayor of a small Canadian town who died many years ago. Set in the 1980's this indie horror game has you investigating what happened, and what is still happening in this cursed mansion.
Why similar: Supernatural 24.4%, Horror 23.4%, Adventure 12.8%, Action 10%, Gore 7.2%
- #28 Needle Sleep
78% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2026
Dev: Paper Ghost
Windows
Wind your way through the darkened hallways of Blackburn Surgical Hospital. Are you awake? Asleep? Or something in between? You can search for help, or maybe decide that it’s better to be alone in the depths of...Needle Sleep.
Why similar: Horror 33.5%, Action 22.2%, Adventure 18.6%, First-Person 13.9%, Atmospheric 11.7%
- #29 Corduroy Hollow
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Scott H.F. Dunbar
Windows
Corduroy Hollow® is a first-person survival horror game set in a decrepit house in the middle of the woods tainted by evil and the occult. Discover the truth. Escape the mansion. Above all, fear the Corduroy Demon…and survive.
Why similar: Horror 20.5%, Action 18.1%, Adventure 14.9%, Puzzle 12.2%, First-Person 9.4%
- #30 Paper Dolls: Original / 纸人
77% matchVery Positive85% of 4,813 reviews2019
Dev: Beijing Litchi Culture Media Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Paper Dolls Original is a first-person horror adventure game steeped in Eastern culture. You act a man who is separated from his daughter after a car accident. When he awakes, he finds himself in a deserted Asian mansion. Find your daughter and unveil a terrifying story buried for a hundred years
Why similar: Horror 36.3%, Thriller 24.6%, Adventure 12.4%, Puzzle 9.7%, Action 8.9%
- #31 Backrooms: Lost Place
76% matchMostly Positive67% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: POBEDYNSKYI
Windows
Single-player horror game based on the backrooms universe. Your task is to pass levels, puzzles and try not to die during all this.
Why similar: Horror 19.1%, Supernatural 18.7%, Thriller 18.2%, Puzzle 9.1%, Action 8.4%
- #32 Lethe - Episode One
77% matchVery Positive85% of 403 reviews2016
Dev: KoukouStudiosPub: Faber Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Lethe is a first person adventure with survival horror elements. Explore an atmospheric and frightening world and uncover the dark secrets of your origins.
Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Action 20.8%, Adventure 19.6%, Puzzle 11.6%, First-Person 10.7%
- #33 Shadows At Bay
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Locus Games
Windows
This is a first-person horror game where you find yourself trapped in a haunted hedge maze at night, chased by a terrifying ghost. You need to use the voice activated lamps to protect yourself and find the way out.
Why similar: Horror 29.5%, Thriller 24%, Action 15.3%, Adventure 14.4%, First-Person 13.5%
- #34 Stolen Life
75% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: HUMEY Studios
Windows
Stolen Life is a first-person psychological horror game. While working late, you hear a sudden scream from a coworker. Rushing to investigate, you find everyone is gone. As you search for answers, you uncover hidden secrets in your home and discover your wife is not home.
Why similar: Thriller 17.3%, Horror 16.7%, Psychological 14.5%, Action 10%, Supernatural 9.7%
- #35 The Depths
75% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Malicious Tree Games
Windows
The Depths is a First Person Horror puzzle solving game where you fix currents to power up doors, resetting gear boxes to gain access to new rooms and pulling levers to open up completely new areas. All the while hiding or Sneaking past The Depths Beast
Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Stealth 18%, Puzzle 15.4%, First-Person 14.1%, Action 10.1%
- #36 Brain
73% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: FadaStudio
Windows
“If the brain is a trap, then you are the key.” Brain is a first-person psychological horror game that offers an immersive and terrifying experience. Explore your environment and try to escape this creature that follows you like your shadow...
Why similar: Supernatural 21.6%, Horror 18.8%, Gore 11.6%, Stealth 11.3%, Puzzle 10.6%
- #37 Cursed Bet
74% matchMixed58% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: LIGHTWORKER GAMES
Windows
Cursed Bet is a horror game where you play from a body camera perspective. Enter the abandoned preschool, the subject of terrible rumors, in the midnight. Struggle the cursed doll Ebeleen as you investigate the school's dark past. Will you be able to destroy him and his curse?
Why similar: Supernatural 21.3%, Horror 18.5%, Thriller 15.4%, Mystery 8.9%, First-Person 8.5%
- #38 Insomnia is Coming
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kris GalusPub: Happy13 Game Studio
Windows
INSOMNIA IS COMING. You won’t sleep. In a world without rules, you sink into chaos – drugs, alcohol, betrayal. Each choice drags you deeper. A psychological FPS horror about guilt and sin, where sleepless nights blur reality and force you to face truth… or the end.
Why similar: Action 16.5%, Adventure 13.5%, Horror 11.8%, Psychological 8.6%, First-Person 8.4%
- #39 nan
73% matchNo user reviews
Windows
Endless looping streets, elusive anomalies, psychological and courage-testing pressure, the deeper you go, the clearer it becomes, integrate details to trigger multiple endings, success or failure hangs by a thread.
Why similar: Supernatural 21.2%, Thriller 14.3%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological 11.2%, Adventure 11%
- #40 Ardena
71% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: RRSTUDIO
Windows
Ardena is a first-person survival horror game where your only light is a dwindling campfire. Gather wood to keep it burning, uncover chilling clues about you and your location, and find a way to escape the mysterious forest—before she finds you.
Why similar: Horror 23.2%, Adventure 13.4%, Action 12.7%, Supernatural 10.4%, First-Person 10.1%
- #41 Another Hope
72% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: MamkaloPub: MKL Studios
Windows
Trapped in a doorless room, you must follow the commands given to you. This psychological horror experience will test your resolve and sanity. Can you escape, or will you remain imprisoned forever?
Why similar: Action 24.6%, Horror 20.4%, Adventure 19.6%, Psychological 13.7%, Mystery 9.7%
- #42 Small Nights
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xio-Fret Games
Windows
Set in a desolate forest in rural Shreveport Louisiana, a 16 year old teenager and experienced abandoned building explorer "Riley" finds himself exploring a school with a darker history than meets the eye
Why similar: Horror 34.2%, Mystery 14.7%, First-Person 14.4%, Puzzle 14.4%, Action 10%
- #43 Lazaretto
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 99 reviews2017
Dev: Iron Monkey
Windows · Mac
Grab your headphones and play one of the most atmospheric horror games on Steam!
Why similar: Horror 20%, Action 14.8%, Adventure 13.2%, Psychological 8.3%, Violent 7.9%
- #44 鬼打墙(剧情版)
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 228 reviews2024
Dev: KX GAMES
Windows
This is a horror game adapted from the Chinese folklore. Players need to decrypt and collect key items in different stages. Ultimately find a way to escape the foggy forest. While searching for an exit, players will be disturbed by ghosts, players need to avoid the ghosts and evade their attacks.
Why similar: Adventure 16.9%, Horror 15.6%, Thriller 13.2%, Puzzle 12.4%, Action 12.1%
- #45 Tainted Pools
70% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fox Games
Windows
Tainted Pools is a first-person survival horror set in the eerie poolrooms of Backrooms Level 130. A stalking entity lurks in the shadows, drawn to every sound. Scavenge for resources and survive long enough to find your way out.
Why similar: Horror 19.5%, Supernatural 18.3%, Stealth 11.4%, Open World 11.2%, First-Person 8.9%
- #46 Deluded Mind
71% matchMixed61% of 109 reviews2018
Dev: Sky HaubrichPub: Pyxton Studios
Windows
You wake up at the psychiatric institution Hillstone Asylum and find that you have been given a potent hallucinogen. As you cross the corridors of Hillstone Asylum, you notice that there's something wrong with you: The hallucinogen shows its effects and literally puts you in hell on earth.
Why similar: Gore 17.1%, Horror 16.8%, Violent 15.8%, Adventure 15.2%, Psychological 10.8%
- #47 The Backrooms : Lost Guest
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SternRise
Windows
The Backrooms : Lost Guest is a visually realistic, co-op survival horror exploration game developed with UE5, supporting 1 – 6 players. Evade terrifying creatures and deadly hazards while solving room-based puzzles to find your way out of the Backrooms. A chilling adventure awaits you…
Why similar: Horror 14.3%, Thriller 13.2%, Puzzle 13%, Action 12%, FPS 10.3%
- #48 Pursuer
71% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: AntonyStiv
Windows
You are a pursuer, and your job is to catch a criminal who has more than 20 victims.
Why similar: Action 25.8%, Adventure 23%, Horror 17.9%, Open World 16.7%, Violent 10.9%
- #49 House Of Nowhere
68% match3 user reviews75% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Glassroot Interactive
Windows
Survive a merciless hunt in the House of Nowhere. Alone in a haunting home that no longer feels like your own, you must solve puzzles to escape into a vast, silent forest. Scavenge for your life and uncover the truth before the ancient thing hunting you turns your story into a forgotten legend.
Why similar: Horror 20.2%, Puzzle 16.9%, Action 14.5%, First-Person 11.5%, Supernatural 11.4%
- #50 Momo is Here
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: Laplace Games
Windows
The doors are locked, no one answers and definitely won't help. Your task is to get out and not let yourself be caught! Solve puzzles, escape from Momo's persecution and get out of this nightmare!
Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Supernatural 16.5%, First-Person 12.4%, Puzzle 9.6%, Adventure 9.6%
- #51 Deer Head
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tori
Windows
Survive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to stay alive and fight the vengeful deer monster that lives in the forest. Use your camera to flash the monster and escape. Explore the forest and find out what happened.
Why similar: Horror 24.7%, Puzzle 13%, Thriller 12.9%, Action 11.3%, First-Person 10%
- #52 Ghost Stories
69% matchMixed69% of 85 reviews2019
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
You find yourself in a deserted territory of a country house, and when you try to get out, understand that it's impossible. One on one with ghosts and your task is to survive and only then to figure out what happened here...
Why similar: Action 26.4%, Adventure 25.1%, Horror 23.7%, First-Person 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #53 UNAWAKEN
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Horizon BlackPub: Horizon Black Entertainment
Windows
Melissa returns to her past. Uncover the secrets of a closed religious community: hide, run, and fight to survive—experience intense, atmospheric, cinematic horror.
Why similar: Action 16.8%, Adventure 13.9%, Supernatural 12.3%, Puzzle 11.4%, Thriller 9.9%
- #54 Cursed Path
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gombesho
Windows
A strange first-person horror game where every level brings a new kind of fear. Manage scarce ammo, read danger through sound, and survive twisted encounters in a short but intense descent toward a brutal two-phase boss.
Why similar: Horror 21.8%, Supernatural 12%, Action 10.6%, First-Person 10.3%, Thriller 8.8%
- #55 Solo Path
67% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: JMG
Windows
Enter at night in an abandoned place in the middle of the forest.Realize that you are trapped inside.Trying to escape to survive ...
Why similar: Horror 19.1%, Supernatural 14.9%, Puzzle 11.6%, Gore 11.5%, Violent 10.4%
- #56 The House of E.
66% matchVery Positive90% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: Gamenastica Studios
Windows
The House of E. is a story-driven puzzle game with horror elements and a creepy atmosphere.
Why similar: Supernatural 21%, Horror 19.7%, Psychological 13.1%, Puzzle 11.8%, Mystery 10.1%
- #57 Left Alone: Rebirth
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SpeedTutor
Windows
Left Alone: Rebirth is a first-person psychological thriller, with a heavy focus on story and exploration. Delve into a sinister world, with atmospheric and chilling interiors. All is not as it seems in these eerily tranquil and gut wrenchingly realistic environments.
Why similar: Horror 20%, Puzzle 17.1%, Supernatural 13.4%, Adventure 11.6%, Psychological 11.6%
- #58 Through His Eyes
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pablyco
Windows
Through His Eyes is a psychological horror game where a father, trapped in a haunting time loop, must uncover the truth and escape from his house to find his daughter but a dark presence won’t let him go. Unlock doors, solve puzzles and break the cycle.
Why similar: Adventure 17.3%, Thriller 13.8%, Action 13.2%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological 11.2%